Hyderabad, Sept. 15, 2019: Twelve people were killed and another 36 went missing when a private tourist boat with 72 on board overturned in the swirling waters of the Godavari river at Kachuluru village of Devipatnam block in Andhra Pradesh’s East Godavari district on Sept. 15 afternoon. East Godavari SuperintendentContinue Reading
Hyderabad, September 15,2019: Moral policing continues unabated at Hyderabad’s St Francis College for Women, an arts and science college in the city’s Begumpet area. On Friday, multiple students were halted at the gates of the institute because their kurti was an inch above their knees, leading to an altercation withContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Guwahati, Sept. 13, 2019 — The 23rd Triennial Conference of the Xavier Board of Higher Education was inaugurated at Don Bosco Institute, Kharguli, Guwahati on 13th September 2019. The theme of the three-day conference (13-15 September) is “Revisioning Higher Education in India: Challenges and Strategies for CatholicContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Shillong, September 13, 2019 : A group of Salesian family members working in India and Sri Lanka are spending about a month reflecting on their life and mission living the charism of their founder and inspiration St John Bosco in the cradle of Salesian Missions in northeastContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, September 13, 2019: Cardinal George Alencherry has demanded the immediate release of a Catholic priest and a catechist who were arrested in Jharkhand state, eastern India, for alleged conversion charges. Father Binoy John and catechist Munna Hansda are “under unjust judicial custody,” laments the headContinue Reading
Kohima, Sept. 12, 2019: A Japanese team has launched a massive operation in the wilderness of Nagaland to trace for the mortal remains of Japanese soldiers, who died during the World War-II. According to a Deccan Herald report, the team of Japan Association for Recovery & Repatriation of War CasualtiesContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar, Sept. 12,2019: For school teacher Binodini Samal, reaching Rathiapala primary school in Dhenkanal district of Odisha for her teaching duties, is of utmost importance, even if it means crossing neck-deep swollen river. The 49-year-old Samal has been teaching in the primary school since 2008 as a Ganasikshyak– one ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, Sept. 12, 2019: For the first time since 2012, there is not a single Indian entry in the world’s top 300 institutes as per the Times Higher Education’s 2020 rankings. The Indian Institute of Science (IISC) in Bengaluru — the only Indian entry in the top 300 lastContinue Reading
Sept. 12, 2019: Until two years ago, Ankit Bhuptani never imagined bringing his significant other for talks on Hinduism that he is regularly invited to deliver. “Organisers of events now ask if Nilesh, my partner, will also be attending. The simplest way that Hindu priests are engaging with me nowContinue Reading
Gorakhpur, Sept. 12, 2019: In a bizarre incident, a woman while talking on the phone sat down on a pair of snakes, got bitten and died minutes later. The incident took place in Riyanv village in Gorakhpur on Sept 12. Gita, wife of Jai Singh Yadav who works in Thailand,Continue Reading
